I googled it and I can't find the answer either way, but if I have a whole paragraph that is using the same source from the same page, do I need to cite it after every sentence or can I just wait till the end of the paragraph?

I would've PMed stillfushia but she isn't online, so I turned to you guys!!!

Love ya mean it!

4/8/2008 8:15:50 PM

i do end of the paragraph

4/8/2008 8:17:03 PM

Same paragraph. Or just do it every time and show the prof how much time you put into it.

4/8/2008 8:20:04 PM

and just to clarify for apa in-text citation you do the authors name, year of publication, and page number right?

4/8/2008 8:25:37 PM

^ yes, if its alot of stuff based off one author cite it every friggin time according to my teacher (hey its free space i ain't complaining) if its one large direct quote block that shit and put the citation at the end

4/8/2008 8:26:46 PM

including date for in text? I don't believe so...I usually do it like this:

Quote :

"Responding to speculation by rapper/actor DMX that Barack Obama “ain’t that nigga’s name,” the Democratic presidential hopeful vowed Friday to make a renewed effort to reach out to the nation’s hip-hop population. [usatomorrownews 1] "

Where usatomorrownews is the first phrase in the citation. This way, your reader can refer to your works cited/bibliography section, find the key word usatomorrownews and look it up themselves. If there was a page number, you include that, but in this case it was a website so you don't have it in there (but I did just because).

However, I'm not entirely sure about the date. In any case, if StillFuschia comes on and corrects me then all you have to do is Find/Replace

Fail...go here

http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/apagd.php

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 8:32 PM. Reason : how'd you miss that]

4/8/2008 8:30:38 PM

I'm pretty sure you're supposed to cite the reference the first instance you use the reference, which holds until a new paragraph or until a new reference is made.

4/8/2008 8:31:57 PM

I really hope I'm doing it the right way, cause I'm about 65% done with this paper and I don't want to have to go all the way back through cause I fucked it up.

4/8/2008 10:45:17 PM